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Stool microbiome dataset of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata)

The Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata), endemic to Puerto Rico, is the only native parrot in the United States and is classified as a critically endangered species. There are two captive populations of A. vittata in Puerto Rico located in the Iguaca Aviary in El Yunque National Rainforest and the...

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Autores principales: Rodriguez-Reyes, Miguel G., Rios-Velazquez, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8207182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107175
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description The Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata), endemic to Puerto Rico, is the only native parrot in the United States and is classified as a critically endangered species. There are two captive populations of A. vittata in Puerto Rico located in the Iguaca Aviary in El Yunque National Rainforest and the José L. Vivaldi Aviary in the Río Abajo Forest. To characterize the microbial communities of A. vittata’s stool, 21 stool samples from captive birds were collected, DNA extracted and sequenced using Illumina MiSeq. Sequences were processed by removing host sequences (A. vittata genome) and low-quality reads. Taxonomic and functional profiles were generated using MG-RAST. The most abundant domain was Bacteria (96%), followed by Virus (3%), and Eukaryota (0.6%). Among the functions in the microbiome, the most abundant was related to carbohydrates (14%), followed by clustering-based subsystems (12%), protein metabolism (8%), and amino acids and derivatives (7%). This dataset describes the stool microbiome of A. vittata using a metagenomics approach. Data can be used to develop holistic conservation strategies for A. vittata and other endangered birds, as well as to search for bioprospects with potential biomedical and biotechnological applications.
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spelling pubmed-82071822021-06-23 Stool microbiome dataset of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) Rodriguez-Reyes, Miguel G. Rios-Velazquez, Carlos Data Brief Data Article The Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata), endemic to Puerto Rico, is the only native parrot in the United States and is classified as a critically endangered species. There are two captive populations of A. vittata in Puerto Rico located in the Iguaca Aviary in El Yunque National Rainforest and the José L. Vivaldi Aviary in the Río Abajo Forest. To characterize the microbial communities of A. vittata’s stool, 21 stool samples from captive birds were collected, DNA extracted and sequenced using Illumina MiSeq. Sequences were processed by removing host sequences (A. vittata genome) and low-quality reads. Taxonomic and functional profiles were generated using MG-RAST. The most abundant domain was Bacteria (96%), followed by Virus (3%), and Eukaryota (0.6%). Among the functions in the microbiome, the most abundant was related to carbohydrates (14%), followed by clustering-based subsystems (12%), protein metabolism (8%), and amino acids and derivatives (7%). This dataset describes the stool microbiome of A. vittata using a metagenomics approach. Data can be used to develop holistic conservation strategies for A. vittata and other endangered birds, as well as to search for bioprospects with potential biomedical and biotechnological applications. Elsevier 2021-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8207182/ /pubmed/34169125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107175 Text en Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Stool microbiome dataset of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata)
title_fullStr Stool microbiome dataset of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata)
title_full_unstemmed Stool microbiome dataset of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata)
title_short Stool microbiome dataset of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata)
title_sort stool microbiome dataset of the critically endangered puerto rican parrot (amazona vittata)
topic Data Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8207182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107175
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